36 CFR Part 1195 Proposed Accessibility Standards for Medical Diagnostic Equipment NPRM
M101.2 Application.
The standards shall be applied to diagnostic equipment based on the patient positions that the equipment is designed to support. Where diagnostic equipment is designed to support more than one patient position, the standards for each patient position supported shall be applied to the equipment.
Advisory M101.2 Application. The following examples illustrate how the standards apply to diagnostic equipment designed to support more than one patient position:
• An examination chair converts to an examination table. The technical criteria in M302 for diagnostic equipment used by patients in a seated position; and in M301 for diagnostic equipment used by patients in a supine, prone, or side-lying position apply.
• A weight scale can be used by patients seated in a wheelchair, or seated on a built-in folding seat, or standing and holding onto supports. The technical criteria in M303 for diagnostic equipment used by patients seated in a wheelchair; in M302 for diagnostic equipment used by patients in a seated position; and in M304 for diagnostic equipment used by patients in a standing position apply.
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